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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Lysiloma sabicu Benth.

Leguminosae

SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)

E[D]

hel hyg calc

dr (bark boiled with other bushes to cure hemorrhoids, crushed leaves are applied as a bath for skin infections, leaves decoction taken orally for seafood poison and food poison, leaves enema for diarrhea, wash with crushed leaves for skin itch and ulcer) fd fr (honey plant) fw (fuel) ma sa (fix nitrogen, shade for coffee and other perennial crops) ti (boards, boat building, furniture, interior trim, knife handles, parquet, turned work)

Acacia formosa A.Rich. non Kunth Acacia latisiliqua var. paucifoliola DC. Lysiloma latisiliqua Britton & Rose non (L.) Benth. Lysiloma paucifoliola (DC.) Hitch. ex Northr.

sabicu lysiloma; Cuban sabicu; horseflesh (Bahamas); horseflesh tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); sabicu (Bahamas); West Indian sabicu (Jamaica, Puerto Rico)

lysiloma sabicou; tabernon, taverneau, tavernon (Haiti)

abey, bacona morada (Cuba); caracolí, caracolillo (Dominican Republic); frijolillo, jigüe, sabicú, sabicú amarillo, zapatero (Cuba)

tabèno, tavèno (creole, Haiti)

Cuban sabicu; sabicú

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Latin name	Lysiloma sabicu Benth.
Family	Leguminosae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán; Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg calc
Use	dr (bark boiled with other bushes to cure hemorrhoids, crushed leaves are applied as a bath for skin infections, leaves decoction taken orally for seafood poison and food poison, leaves enema for diarrhea, wash with crushed leaves for skin itch and ulcer) fd fr (honey plant) fw (fuel) ma sa (fix nitrogen, shade for coffee and other perennial crops) ti (boards, boat building, furniture, interior trim, knife handles, parquet, turned work)
Synonym	Acacia formosa A.Rich. non Kunth Acacia latisiliqua var. paucifoliola DC. Lysiloma latisiliqua Britton & Rose non (L.) Benth. Lysiloma paucifoliola (DC.) Hitch. ex Northr.
English name	sabicu lysiloma; Cuban sabicu; horseflesh (Bahamas); horseflesh tree (Jamaica, Puerto Rico); sabicu (Bahamas); West Indian sabicu (Jamaica, Puerto Rico)
French name	lysiloma sabicou; tabernon, taverneau, tavernon (Haiti)
Spanish name	abey, bacona morada (Cuba); caracolí, caracolillo (Dominican Republic); frijolillo, jigüe, sabicú, sabicú amarillo, zapatero (Cuba)
Other name	tabèno, tavèno (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	Cuban sabicu; sabicú